The idea behind a tattoo should be that the body art you select says something about you as a person and your life outlook. Unfortunately, there are a slew of tattoos out there that are all-too common (read: lame as hell). And sometimes? A little part of a tattoo artist dies each time they’re asked to do it (how many four-leaf clovers does someone want to ink?). Sure, you’re paying…they’ll do it, but no one said they had to like it.
One thread on Reddit asked tattoo artists what designs they’re sick to death of. Here’s some of what they revealed:
- Like anything else, tattoos are subject to fads and trends – one artist recalled the entire summer he spent “drawing pocket watches surrounded by roses” onto people.
- When customers come in saying, “I’ve got an idea to make it special and unique to me.” Then the artist says, “You want the time your baby was born, don’t you?” The customer looks amazed…like the artist is psychic or something.
- Convincing someone they reallydon’twant a word in Chinese or Japanese is a tricky proposition (it didn’t work on Ariana Grande, it won’t work for you).
- Making a “nautical sleeve tattoo look ‘unique’ when every fifth person has one” can be a bitch.
- “Silhouettes of forests around forearms” has become the “new tribal tattoo.”
- Guys who want to “feel like kings” getting tattoos of lions with crowns on them.
- Anything from “Pinterest,” along with infinity symbols – with or without feathers.
- The words “believe,” “live, laugh, and love,” or “loyalty.”
- Bird silhouettes.
- The “Deathly Hallows” symbol from “Harry Potter.”
- Complete f…ing paragraphs. No one wants to read you.
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